Monza vs Juventus: Predicted lineup, injury news, head-to-head, telecast

Published at :November 29, 2023 at 2:25 PM

Modified at :January 14, 2024 at 1:19 AM

There have been ‘zero’ draws whenever Monza and Juventus faced each other

Monza, Lombardy-based Italian side are doing fairly well given it is just their second year in the first tier. AC Monza beat Pisa SC in the Serie B playoffs final in the 2021-22 season to reach Serie A. After losing to AS Roma back on 22 October, Monza are unbeaten in their last four league games. This includes three 1-1 draws and a 3-1 win over Hellas Verona FC.

Juventus side will be travelling to Lombardy after hosting two games against Cagliari and Inter Milan. The Derby d’Italia ended 1-1 and the scorer was Dušan Vlahović for the Old Lady. Also, Juve have remained unbeaten in their last 8 games. Before that, they conceded their only loss of the season which happened to be a 4-2 away loss to Sassuolo.

Kick-Off:

Friday, 1 December 2023 at 7:45 PM UK

Saturday, 2 December 2023 at 1:15 AM IST

Location: Stadio Brianteo

Form

Monza (in all competitions): D-D-W-D-L

Juventus (in all competitions): D-W-W-W-W

Players to Watch

Andrea Colpani (Monza)

The dynamic midfielder from AC Monza has so far scored 6 goals in Serie A. The 24-year-old attacking midfielder joined Monza after they got promoted to Serie A in the summer of 2022. Only Lautaro Martínez, Domenico Berardi and Olivier Giroud have found the net on more occasions than Andrea Colpani in the Italian first tier this season.

Dušan Vlahović (Juventus)

As per TuttoJuve, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Arsenal are interested in the services of forward Dušan Vlahović this upcoming January transfer window. Vlahović scored the opener in the Derby d’Italia on Monday. The Juventus lead however was subdued by Inter’s Lautaro Martínez 6 minutes later. The Serbian forward has 5 goals and an assist in 11 Serie A games for Juventus.

Match Facts

Home side Monza have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 games
Visitors Juventus are currently the best defence in terms of clean sheets kept in Serie A. So far they have 8 clean sheets
The Old Lady are only behind Inter Milan and sit at 2nd spot with 30 points while Monza are at 9th with 18 points on the league table

Injury & Team News

AC Monza’s centre-back Armando Izzo should be still out with some physical discomfort sustained from last month. Gianluca Caprari who wears the number 10 on his back is out with a cruciate ligament injury. Caprari’s expected return is 2024 March. Winger Papu Gómez is out with a 2-year doping ban.

Juventus are travelling without Paul Pogba and Nicolo Fagioli. Both of them remain suspended. Pogba for doping while Fagioli for betting-related offences. Timothy Weah, Mattia De Sciglio and Danilo are all out with respective injuries and are expected to be back by December.

Head to Head

Total Matches – 4

Monza wins – 2

Juventus wins – 2

Draws – 0

Predicted Lineup

Monza predicted lineup (3-4-2-1):

Di Gregorio (GK); D’Ambrosio, Caldirola, Carboni; Birindelli, Pessina, Gagliardini, Kyriakopoulos; Colpani, Mota; Colombo

Juventus predicted lineup (5-3-2):

Szczęsny (GK); Cambiaso, Gatti, Bremer, Rugani, Kostic; McKennie, Nicolussi, Rabiot; Vlahovic, Chiesa

Match Prediction for Monza vs Juventus

AC Monza and Juventus have faced each other a total of 4 times including 1 club friendly in August 2021. There have been no draws to date. Also, the scorelines have remained fairly close. Expecting the same in this game. Juventus will be looking to get all three points as they don’t want to lag further behind in Serie A from leaders Inter Milan this early.

Prediction: Monza 1-2 Juventus

Telecast for Monza vs Juventus

India – JioCinema, VIACOM18

UK – TNT Sports

US – Paramount+, CBS

Nigeria – SUPERSPORT

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